Local man drowns in Missouri

GALENA, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a Cincinnati man has drowned while kayaking on the James River in southwest Missouri.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the victim as 45-year-old Michael E. Brewer. The patrol report said he was hanging onto the kayak before he drowned Sunday at the Ralph Cox Memorial Access near Galena. The Stone County coroner pronounced him dead at the scene.